NOTICE
If you plan to customize the site, do this before the procedures Discovering Devices on the Network and Adding Controllers.
This section provides an example for creating a job-specific Site structure.
- The example site is named MySite, and has three floors named Floor 1, Floor 2 and Floor 3.
- This example assumes that area summary views (for example, Floor1Summary.px) are desired. If not, delete the summaryView slots from the EastWing and WestWing objects before proceeding.
① Renaming Default Objects and Views
This step renames the default objects and views to create a partial-site structure.
- Navigate to Station > Siemens_Site and then expand Siemens_Site.
- Right-click on DemoSite, select Rename and then assign a new name.
- MySite is used in this example.
- Expand the site you renamed.
- To rename the WestWing and EastWing Areas, right-clicking on each Area, select Rename and then assign a new name.
- Floor1 and Floor2 are used in this example.
- Navigate to Files/px/Siemens_Site_Views and rename the existing Area Summary Views to match the new Area names.
- Do the following in the Summary View property to reference the new summary .px files:
- Open the AX Property sheet for each area (Floor1 and Floor2 are used in this example).
- Click on the folder icon and select Files on Station > Siemens_Site_Views.
- Select the appropriate .px file. For example, Floor1Summary.px and Floor2Summary.px.
- Select Open and then select Save in the Property Sheet window for each Area.
② Creating Additional Areas
This step adds another area for Floor3. The new area will have the same tags and relations as the existing areas.
- Right-click on one of the existing Area objects and select Copy.
- Right-click on the Site object and select Paste Special.
- Select the Keep all relations check box and then click OK.
- The new Area is added but is not named correctly.
- Right-click on the new Area, select Rename and then assign a new name.
- Floor3 is used in this example.
- Right-click on the new Area, select Set Display Name and then assign a new name.
- Floor 3 is used in this example.
- If desired, do the following to create a new Floor 3 summary view:
- In Files/px/Siemens_Site_Views, right-click on one of the existing Area Summary Views. For example, Floor2Summary.px.
- Select Duplicate and name the new summary view. For example, Floor3Summary.px.
- Right-click on the newly created Area in Config/Siemens_Site (for example, Config/Siemens_Site/My Site/Floor 3) and open its AX Property Sheet.
- Set the Summary View property to reference the new summary .px file. For example, Floor3Summary.px.
Click on the folder icon and select Files on Station > Siemens_Site_Views.
Select the appropriate .px file. For example, Floor3Summary.px.
Select Open and then select Save in the AX Property Sheet window for the Area.
- The following figure shows the updated site structure.
③ (Optional) Adding Floorplan Views
The N4 Appliance does not provide default floorplan views, but it does provide a template to simplify the process of creating them. This step outlines how to create the views.
- In the Files/px/Siemens_Views folder, make three copies of _emptyView.px.
- Name the new files Floor1View, Floor2View and Floor 3View.
- Right-click on Config/Siemens_Site/My Site/Floor 1 and select Views/New View.
- Configure the New Px View as shown in the following figure. Select the new floorplan view that was created in the preceding step.
- Click OK, and then select Reuse on the File Already Exists dialog.
- Repeat this process for Floor 1 and Floor 2.
- Edit the newly created views to make job-specific floorplan views.
④ Checking the Site Structure
- In the Nav tree, right-click Hierarchy and select Refresh Tree Node.
- Expand the Site hierarchy.
- The hierarchy should correspond to the contents of the Config/Siemens_Site folder. In the Site hierarchy, right-click each floor and check for a summary view and a floor view.
